derrick
Example Sentences
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To move the Ramses sculptures, for instance, required master craftsmen from Italy’s Carrara marble quarries to slice the gigantic figures into huge blocks that could be lifted by derricks and placed on trucks or barges.
From Washington Post
The man, who declined to give his name, pointed toward the derricks.
From Los Angeles Times
And although derricks still dot local hillsides, most crude comes from foreign countries.
From Los Angeles Times
But what lies ahead might be far worse for the 17,000 residents living amid the oil derricks and cattle farms on the western edge of the state’s Central Valley.
From Washington Post
It characterizes the wildcatter and oil derrick as "Texas icons."
From Salon
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